Location

Birmingham, Leeds, London

About the job 

Please note, while there are 2 posts advertised, one will be for a role in the Department for Transport (DfT) and the other will be for a role in the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA). The DfTc post can be based at London, Birmingham or Leeds. The DVSA post can be based at any DVSA location within the UK.

We recognise the challenges that people with (multiple) protected characteristics may experience on the job market and in their career progression. We are fully committed to being an inclusive employer and ensuring equal opportunities. We are keen to make our workforce as diverse as possible, and we hope to attract applications from underrepresented groups, including Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) people, people with a disability, and people with gender diverse identities.

Are you a confident and inspiring leader with experience of successfully managing a dispersed team?

Do you have recent and up to date working knowledge and experience of Health and Safety Management?

Would you like the opportunity to work with Senior Management to help drive forward Health and Safety initiatives and agendas?

If so, we’d love to hear from you!

Job description

As a Health and Safety Compliance manager, you will manage the Health and Safety team, working across the business to ensure compliance with legislative Health and Safety requirements and challenge and influence positive safety outcomes.

There is an appetite for new thinking and new approaches to facing the future in the DfT and the H&S team has a crucial role to play in attracting and retaining the best people and supporting staff to thrive and flourish.

The role holder will act as a subject matter expert within the team, helping to shape and implement the Department’s Health and Safety vision and policies, the immediate and longer-term priorities aligned to future strategic direction.

As part of the process for continuous improvement, the successful candidate will also proactively ensure that a positive safety culture is nurtured and embedded throughout all Departmental practices working alongside key stakeholders, staff network groups and senior management teams.
 

Responsibilities

• Researching, developing, implementing and reviewing Health and Safety policies and procedures to reflect current and proposed legislation and to meet best practice standards.

• Ensuring that guidance and generic risk assessments and templates are regularly reviewed and monitored with sufficient communications and support for management teams to continuously promote a positive safety culture.

• Working collaboratively with key stakeholders to support the Health and Safety Lead. Embodying DfT vision and values, role modelling inclusive behaviours and proactively embedding a health and safety culture across areas.

• Developing and maintaining accurate and timely H&S monitoring and reporting arrangements through a regime of auditing, assessments and inspections that seek to provide assurance of compliance with legislative requirements to the Health and Safety Lead and Departmental senior management teams.

• Actively seek new ways of working to promoting Health & Safety awareness and training to foster improved engagement and capability for all staff and to all areas of the business.

• Proactively monitor accident and incident recording and reporting systems and ensure active involvement and investigation with all serious incidents, including the generating of trend and final reports, to ensure lessons are learnt and shared quickly to prevent reoccurrence and to minimise negative effects such an incident may have in terms of reputation, legal, moral or financial impacts.

• Ensure collaborative and good working relations with Trade Unions and where appropriate resolving issues directly with union safety representatives. Attend Health & Safety Committees and other meetings including external meetings with a range of stakeholders as necessary and be the subject matter expert advisor to Managers at all levels.

About you

We are looking for someone with proven experience as a team manager who is capable of ensuring the team activities align to the development and implementation of strategies on Health and Safety, and who seeks innovative ways to continuously improve standards.

You show resilience and remain calm under pressure, which enables you to manage conflicting priorities with ease.

You are flexible in your approach to work and if unexpected pieces of work are presented, you can take them forward with confidence, understanding how everything fits together for the bigger picture.

Your excellent IT skills support you in understanding and analysing complex data and information, which you can translate into comprehensive reports to be received by all levels, including senior staff.

You have current working knowledge of the processes and procedures in response to COVID-19 and you understand the needs and requirements to able to work dynamically when changes occur rapidly.

Qualification Information

For this post, you must hold a NEBOSH Certificate or equivalent qualifications, or be currently working towards obtaining them.

Important Information

If you would like further information on the DfTc post, please contact [email protected]

If you would like further information on the DVSA post, please contact [email protected]

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Working Together
• Leadership
• Managing a Quality Service
• Seeing the Big Picture

Benefits

Being part of our brilliant Civil Service means you will have access to a wide range of fantastic benefits. We offer generous annual leave, attractive pension options, flexible working, inclusive working environments and much more to support a healthy work/life balance.

Find out more about what it's like working at the Department for Transport.

Things you need to know

Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check.

People working with government assets must complete basic personnel security standard checks.

Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.

We are closely monitoring the situation regarding the coronavirus, and will be following central Government advice as it is issued. There is therefore a risk that recruitment to this post may be subject to change at short notice. In addition, where appropriate, you may be invited to attend a video interview.

Please continue to follow the application process as normal and ensure that you check your emails regularly as all updates from us will be sent to you this way.

The Civil Service Nationality Rules has been updated following the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union. The new rules came into effect on 1st January 2021. We urge people from the EU, European Economic Area and Switzerland to be familiar with the updated Nationality rules prior to applying for this role.

How to Apply

Utilising the word count of 1250 words, please tailor your CV and Personal Statement to evidence the following:

• Proven knowledge and experience of Health and Safety management systems including influencing the embedding of a safety culture.
• Excellent and proven experience of managing a professional safety team, creating cohesive and high performing teams, and delivering through others using inclusive management skills.
• Proven experience of leading a data driven approach for continuous improvements and successfully delivering a challenging work programme.
• Strong evidence of being a team player, working flexibly and at pace
• Proven experience of partnering with and delivering through senior stakeholders and Trade Unions.
• Strong drafting and writing skills with the ability to translate complex data and information into meaningful narrative which is easy to understand and has impact.
• Confident at presenting and delivering training materials to a variety of audiences using varied methods of communication to engage staff on topics, using diplomacy when required. Also able to demonstrate resilience in the face of challenge.
• A track record of setting high standards and goals to deliver results at pace in a complex and demanding environment across multiple work areas.
• A proven track record of having facilitated, negotiated with and influenced stakeholders to achieve results.

The sift is due to take place from 16th March 2021.

Interviews/assessments are likely to be held from w/c 29th March 2021.

This interview could be conducted via a video interview, details of which will be provided to you should you be selected for interview.

We will try to meet the dates set out in the advert. There may be occasions when these dates will change. You will be provided with sufficient notice of the confirmed dates.

The selection process will be designed specifically for the role. As a result, your assessment could include:
• an interview

You’re encouraged to become familiar with the role profile, as you may be assessed against any of the criteria recorded within.

The Department for Transport alongside other Government Departments recruit using Success Profiles. This means for each role we consider what you will need to demonstrate in order to be successful. This gives us the best possible chance of finding the right person for the job, drives up performance and improves diversity and inclusivity.

For further information on Success Profiles visit our Careers website.

If you are experiencing accessibility problems with any attachments on this advert, please contact the email address in the 'Contact point for applicants' section

Further Information

To learn more about applying for a role within the Department for Transport, visit the Application Process page of our Careers website.

Before submitting your application, we encourage you to visit our Things You Need to Know page for further information about applying for a role within the Department for Transport and the Civil Service.

Throughout this job advert there are links to the DfT Careers website, which provides you further information to support your application. Should you be unable to access the information on our website, please email [email protected] for assistance.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals from the EU, EEA or Switzerland with (or eligible for) status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
• relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
• certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals

Further information on nationality requirements

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles.

The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.

Apply and further information

Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Contact point for applicants Job contact : Name :   Suzanne Higgins Email :   [email protected]   Recruitment team : Email :   [email protected] Further information

If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint, in the first instance, you should contact Government Recruitment Services via email: [email protected] If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Department, you can contact the Civil Service Commission: Visit the Civil Service Commission website at https://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk